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If you don’t hire a GC then you are the GC. Based on your experience and skills, are you really ready to take on that job?
For example - When the only day the tile guy can show up is Wednesday, but the store is out of the underlayment you need, and the guy fixing the sub-floor calls in sick on Monday, you have to figure out how to reschedule it all. Multiply that stress by about 20 and you have an estimate of your job as GC. It gets even worse if you need it fixed quickly because your grandmother moved to temporary quarters to get out of the way, and she wants to move back.
Many sub-contractors you hire are good at their job (lay tile, install drywall, carpentry, etc.), but most of them really suck at time/cost estimation and scheduling. When previous jobs run overtime, materials cost more, or jobs are more complicated, they often have not included any “slack” in their work schedule, so you need to have your own plan for overall project slack.
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